podcasting

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The distribution of audio and video files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often as MP3 files.

   Like broadcasting, except listeners download episodes and play them on their own schedule.

   The rise of podcasting has changed how people consume news and entertainment.

   Many independent creators turned to podcasting to reach niche audiences that radio ignored.

   Note

   The name of the whole practice, built from podcast plus -ing. Ben Hammersley, writing in February 2004, could already list its ingredients: MP3 players such as Apple's iPod in many pockets, cheap or free audio software, and weblogging established online. As a mass noun it takes no plural (the rise of podcasting), while a single show is a podcast. The verb form is the same spelling describing someone doing it.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of podcast.

   He is podcasting about local history from a small home studio.

   Podcasting about marine biology, she slowly built a loyal following.

   Note

   The -ing form carries both uses of the verb. Used transitively, it takes what is being delivered: podcasting the council meetings. Used intransitively, it stands alone or with about: she has been podcasting since college. The same spelling is also the noun for the practice. A determiner in front (the rise of podcasting) marks the noun, while an object or a progressive be marks the verb.

   The university is podcasting its lectures this term.

   We started podcasting the council meetings last spring.

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